diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
index f6c43b9ff15..60fd7caa5a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "108xp6dhvp02jnzskhgzjmp9jvrxhhkffvmpvs3rrif7vj47xd76";
   };
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   configureFlags = [
     # trying to build docs fails with a2x errors, unable to fix through asciidoc
     "--disable-doc"